Upcoming Competitive Grant Opportunities

The U.S. DOT has posted a schedule of anticipated grant funding opportunities in the coming months. This list should offer a little more predictability on the timing of grant applications for various transportation programs under the IIJA.

Click here for the notice. The list is not comprehensive but includes many programs of interest, including Bridge Investment, Railroad Crossing Elimination, Safe Streets, Culvert Removal and Restoration, and Consolidated Rail Infrastructure & Safety Improvements, among many others. The notice will be updated with additional programs and dates.

Also, just a reminder about the $2.9 billion currently available in competitive grants for major projects under three combined multimodal programs - Mega, Rural, and INFRA.  Those applications are due May 23. Click here for the announcement and links to fact sheets, instructional webinars for applicants, and FAQs.

State Highway and Transit Funding Distribution

Following enactment of the final appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2022, last week the U.S. DOT published the official apportionments of highway and transit formula funds to state and local governments.

The Federal Highway Administration notice is here.  (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the state-by-state funding table.)

The Federal Transit Administration announcement is here.  (The notice includes links to the state totals and specific amounts for local urbanized areas.)